Journal of the Operational Research Society
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Former names | Operational Research Quarterly |
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4) | J. Oper. Res. Soc. |
| Discipline | Operations research, management |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Tom Archibald, Jonathan Crook |
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Publication history | 1950-present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
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| ISSN |
0160-5682 (print) 1476-9360 (web) |
| CODEN | JORSDZ |
| OCLC no. | 03685489 |
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The Journal of the Operational Research Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering operations research. It is an official journal of The Operational Research Society and has been in existence since 1950. It publishes full length case-oriented papers, full length theoretical papers, technical notes, discussions (viewpoints) and book reviews.
History
The journal began as Operational Research Quarterly in 1950. At that time it was published by the Operational Research Club (Great Britain).[1] It was published four times a year until 1978 (from 1953–1969 under the title OR) when it became a monthly publication and the name was changed to Journal of the Operational Research Society.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed by ABI/INFORM, Compendex, Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology, Current Contents/Social & Behavioural Sciences, Inspec, International Abstracts in Operations Research, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus, and Zentralblatt MATH.
Scope
Some idea of the scope and contents of the journal can be found in a survey of papers published during the period 2000-2009.[2]
- 51.7% of papers were theoretical while 31.3% were case-orientated.
References
- ↑ British Library Integrated Catalogue
- ↑ Katsaliaki, K.; Mustafee, N.; Dwivedi, Y. K.; Williams, T.; Wilson, J. M. (2010). "A profile of OR research and practice published in the Journal of the Operational Research Society". Journal of the Operational Research Society. 61: 82. doi:10.1057/jors.2009.137.